A massive cache of law enforcement personnel data has leaked

[LiberalArkie]

A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials, ZDNet has learned.

The cache of data contained identifiable information on local and state police officers, and federal agents, who sought out or underwent active shooter response training in the past few years. The backend database powers the website of Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training -- known as ALERRT -- at Texas State University.

The database dates back to April 2017 and was uploaded a year later to a web server, believed to be owned by the organization, with no password protection.

ZDNet obtained a copy of the database, which was first found by a New Zealand-based data breach hunter, who goes by the pseudonym Flash Gordon.

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-massive-cache-of-law-enforcement-personnel-data-has-leaked/

[Initech]

1. God I don't know what the more alarming part of this story is.

The fact that the data breach happened or the fact that a "federally funded active shooter training center" exists. Fuck, the NRA has turned us all into sitting ducks.

[LiberalArkie]

2. There had to be something common in the police shootings.

Used to never happen. Used to be that the gun was the last thing used. Now it is the first.